Positron Scanner delivered to RUH X-Ray department

After many years of planning a GE Healthcare Positron (PET/CT) scanner has been delivered to Bath’s Royal United Hospital.
As a result of years of fundraising by supporters of the Bath Cancer Unit Support Group (BCUSG) The RUH will become the first hospital in the west country to be able to offer positron scans to its patients.
All of the cost of the scanner, £1.2 million, has been raised by BCUSG and its Trowbridge Branch.
Dr Richard Graham, Consultant...

Mary Berry unveils Positron scanner

Five years of fund raising culminated in celebrity cookery writer and television presenter Mary Berry unveiling at Bath’s Royal United Hospital on Monday 13 June the first fixed site Positron (PET-CT) scanner located in a NHS hospital in the South West of England.
Mary and members of her family have been supporting the BCUSG Positron Scanner Appeal for a number of years.
The installation of this scanner is viewed as one of the most significant developments in...

Winners of raffle take tea at The Bath Priory Hote...

Winners of the Bath Cancer Unit Support Group’s Positron Scanner Appeal raffle, Lynne Coles and her daughter Samantha and Agrieszka Chmielewska and her husband Krzysztof took tea with Mary Berry at The Bath Priory Hotel on 13 June.
The Bath Priory Hotel not only supplied a delicious tea but provided the winners with overnight accommodation and breakfast the following morning.
Samantha had supported the Positron Scanner Appeal by running the 2014 and 2015 Bath...

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History

The Bath Cancer Unit Support Group was founded in 1985 by the late Charles Thompson who, until his retirement, had been the Principal of the City of Bath Technical College. Charles had been a trustee of the Bath Cancer Unit Appeal which had been established in the late 1970’s for the sole purpose of raising […]

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Read the latest edition of The Bath Cancer Unit Support Group’s Supportline Newsletter. Supportline provides the latest information concerning the achievements of the charity together with news and photographs of fundraisers.

Bath Half Marathon 2018

As an official race charity, BCUSG has secured places for the Vitality Bath Half 2018. The aims of the charity are to raise money not only to help supply equipment to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer – such as the Positron Scanner and additional equipment which has just celebrated its first birthday […]